Burnishing-wheel cover



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BURNISHING WHEEL COVER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 9| 1920.

Patented June21, 1921.

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I of California, have invented new and useful tudinal edges 8 are also slight UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEFlcE.

CHRIS SPASOF-F, OF BlllBfKEIafElY, CALIFORNIA. BUBNISHING-WHEEL GOVEB..

1,382,254. Speoieation of Letters Patent. Patented June 21, 1921, Application led October 9, 1920. Serial No. 415,880.

To all whom it may concern.' around the periphery of the wheel, the Be it known that I, CHRIS SrAsomn a citileather at t e ends bem skived or slightly zen of the United States resldlng at Berkethinned, as 'ndicated at I, to provide for an ley, in the county of Alameda and State overlap without any bunching. The longi- 60 thinned and Improvements in Burnishing-Wheel Covers, to them are stitched at 9 theyfolded edges of which the following is a specification. 10 of strips of doubled canvas 11, or the This invention relates to burnishing or like. The leather strip is of greater width buiiing wheels, such as are used in the fnthan the periphery of the wheel,the thinned 65 l10 ishing of shoes, and consists in an improved edges belng intended to be bent over the construction of removable cover for such sides of the wheel, so that the canvas strips wheels whereby considerable economy and wil not come in contact with the work being eiliciency are required over the common burnished. practice. I Through the doubled canvas strips is 70 Heretofore, where burnlshing wheels have passed a cord or draw string 12, the central been provided with removable covers, the latportion of which forms aloop 13, extending ter have either been made entirely of `fabric, from end of the cover and sewed to the adsuch as canvas, or of leather; in the former jacent ends of the canvas strips at 14. The case, their durability was slight and, in thc ends of the cord ass freely through said 75 latter case, their eiiiciency was slight, owing strips and extend eyond the ends thereof,

to the diiiculty of attaching the cover as shown at 15, 15. smoothly to the wheel and to the lack of To apply the cover to a wheel, the loop 13 porosity of the leather buiiing surface. is engaged across the peri he and the cover have demonstrated in practice that a is then wrapped around t e w eel, which has 80 cover, constructed in accordance with my the effect of winding the side portions ofthe present invention, partlgf of leather or other loop around the shaft on each side of the relatively heavy, lia le burnishlng mawheel, as shown at 16, 16, causing the cover terial and partly o canvas, or other textile to be drawn tightl over the periphery. The material, and so as to be applied in the manfree ends 15, 15 ofy the cord are then drawn 85 3o ner hereinafter described, overcomes the disup tight, causing the canvas strips to be gathadvantages heretofore found inv the pracered or plaited against the sides of the wheel, tical use of such removable covers and reas shown, and then the nuts or clamping sults in very considerable economies. plates are tightened up to hold said strips in The invention 1s illustrated 1n the accomthat condition. In this way the thinned 90 panying drawing, 1n which, edges of the leather strip are pulled down Figure 1 is aside elevation of a wheel, snugly over the side faces of the wheel and equipped with my improved cover and the body of said strip is applied smoothly partly broken away. Fi 2 is a perspective and firmly to the periphery. view with the cover part y applied. Fig. 3 Having thus describedmy invention, what 95 is a detail cross-section of one edge of the I claim is: y

cover, and Fig. 4; is a detail cross-section 1. A burnishing wheel cover, composed through the overlapping end edges of the of a central strip of soft leather, and strips cover. In these views, 1 represents the hub of textile material secured to the same along of the `wheel, mounted on the shaft 2, and 3 its longitudinal edges, and means secured 100 the usual periphery of felt or rubber, firmly to said textile strips to bind the cover on secured on the hub. 4 represents one of the the wheel. nuts or clamping plates, threaded on the 2. A burnishing wheel cover, composed of shaft and securing the wheel thereon. These a strip of soft and porous leather, thinned parts are of the usual construction. at its edges so as to be flexible, and lateral 105 My improved 'removable cover is comstrips of canvas or the like, secured to the posed of a strip 5 of soft porous leather, longitudinal edges of said leather stri and referably `what is known as fKorreyprovided with means to gather their e ges to rome leather. It may be provided with cause the leather strip to tightly hug the a plurality of small perforatlons 6, to conwheel. 110 stitute Awax-retaining' pores, as shown in 3. A burnishing wheel cover, composed of Fig. 2. The strip 5 is of a length to -t a strip of perforated leather, and strips of a band of heavy pliable material of slightly greater width than the face of the wheel, a 15 strip of thin flexible material secured to each longitudinal edge of said band, and a gathering cord in the free edge of each of said strips.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 20 my hand.

CHRIS SPASOFF.

Witnesses H. M. MARTIN, MABEL G. HEMPHIN. 

